October 12, 2022 ME woman charged with stealing $400,000 of checks from employer A former administrative assistant in Maine has been charged with four counts of wire fraud after allegedly stealing over $400,000 from her employer.
October 11, 2022 ME lobster fishermen hire ex-DOJ official to challenge new whale laws Lobster fishermen in ME hired a former U.S. Department of Justice official to represent them in a legal battle challenging new laws aimed at protecting Northern Atlantic right whales.
October 11, 2022 ACLU finds ME schools falling short on Native American history The ACLU of Maine has conducted a survey of Maine schools and discovered many are failing to enforce a decades-old law requiring students to be taught about Native American history.
October 11, 2022 Inflation amid surging home heating oil costs may force Americans to make sacrifices in winter: nonprofit CEO Maine residents are worried about the upcoming winter as inflated prices made it harder to save for the rising home heating oil prices, nonprofit chief says.
October 7, 2022 University of Southern Maine students demand professor be replaced for saying only two sexes exist University of Southern Maine graduate students are demanding that a professor is replaced for allegedly stating that there are only two sexes.
October 6, 2022 2 dead in plane crash in Maine A plane crash in Maine has claimed the lives of two construction executives working for CPM Constructors of Freeport. An investigation of the crash is currently underway.
October 6, 2022 Maine congressman to withhold federal funding to aquarium, conservationist group red-listing Maine lobster A congressman from Maine has announced that he will be filing a proposal to withhold federal funding from a California aquarium and conservationist group that red-listed Maine lobster.
September 30, 2022 Maine mother pleads guilty to manslaughter in daughters drug-related death A Maine woman has pled guilty to manslaughter after her 3-year-old daughter died at Bangor hospital in June 2021 from a brain injury consistent with opioid abuse.
September 27, 2022 Maine man who held knife to federal officer's neck pleads guilty A man who was shot in the federal building in Maine's capital after holding a knife to a security officer's neck has pled guilty to assaulting a federal officer.
September 27, 2022 Maine House candidates embroiled in battle over anti-lobster groups donation Maine congressional race is heating up even further with candidate Rep. Jared Golden fighting against former Rep. Bruce Poliquin and Tiffany Bond over Maine's lobster industry.